| This Week in Hip-Hop - April 21, 2007
In case you missed all the action, help yourself to the highlights below: Lil Mama's "Lip Gloss" Video - Upstart Lil Mama proves that classroom-inspired music videos didn't die with Britney Spears' career. Russell Takes on Obama - Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons rails against Sen. Barack Obama for criticizing rap lyrics. More like black on black without the gunshots. GFK & BHF - Ghostface is the main attraction at this year's Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. Top Rap Releases for May - The scoop on albums from KRS-One and Marley Marl, Canibus, Jazzy Jeff and many others, set to hit stores next month. Songs About Grief & Loss - A top 10 of melancholic hip-hop gems that includes Scarface's "I Seen a Man Die" and 2Pac's "Life Goes On." .
Sorority Easter eggs a big seller
SELBYVILLE -- The ladies of Beta Sigma Phi have an important job to tackle -- they are Sussex County's very own Easter bunnies. About 27 of the sorority's members gathered at Selbyville Middle School to churn out 800 chocolate-covered candy eggs. .
Congorama (2 out of 4)
There's such overload of characters and happenings in Philippe Falardeau's Congorama, that the viewer gets lost in contrivances and inconsistencies. The Montreal director has decided to throw everything and the kitchen sink to tell a comic-drama that is neither involving nor original, just messy.
Michel (Olivier Gourmet) lives in Belgium with his Congolese wife Alice (Claudia Tagbo), son Jules (Arnaud Mouithys) and wheelchair-bound novelist father Herve (Jean-Pierre Cassel). Herve confesses to Michel that he's actually adopted and was born in a barn in Quebec, Canada. On a business trip to Montreal, Michel decides to find his roots and ends up in a small Quebec town where he's introduced to Louis (Paul Ahmarani). But something happens, and Falardeau sends the action back to a few days before the accident.
Von Maur plans new regional store
PLAINFIELD -- Von Maur, a family-owned department store known for its high level of customer service, luxury merchandise and even in-store pianists, announced Friday it plans to open a store in Plainfield. The company, which has talked previously about the possibility of opening in Plainfield, detailed plans to open a 140,000-square-foot store in fall 2009. The department store would coordinate its opening with the development of a 610,000-square-foot lifestyle center called The Shops at the Polo Club. Poag & McEwen Lifestyle Centers has planned the development on about 53 acres on the northeast corner of Illinois 59 and 119th Street. The property is adjacent to the Naperville Polo Club grounds. The shopping center would be anchored by the Von Maur department store and would include a gourmet grocery store, theater, book store, outdoor sporting goods store, restaurants, specialty fashion retailers and a hotel, said Terry McEwen, president of Poag & McEwen.
Pack on the Pounds Cake
History shows that the name pound cake originated from the fact that the original pound cake recipes contained one pound each of butter, sugar, flour and eggs. I am not convinced that is the real reason. I think the real meaning behind the name pound cake comes from the fact that you will certainly pack on the pounds if you eat a cake with that much butter and sugar in it. I think that those pounds are well worth it when you have something as fabulous as a pound cake. There is nothing quite like a real dense and moist pound cake to satisfy a sweet tooth. With a real pound cake, each bite seriously melts in your mouth. Mmmmmm… As much as I love real pound cake, I'm not looking to add on a bunch of weight right now. I wish I had the dilemma of trying to gain weight… unfortunately, gaining weight is really not something that is difficult for me to do.
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